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The Shinkansen (Japanese: ... The Shinkansen line shortens the distance between Hakata and Nagasaki by 6.2% (9.6 km (6.0 mi)), and while only 64% of the route is ...
JR新幹線＆特急列車ファイル (JR Shinkansen & Limited Express Train File). Japan: Kōtsū Shimbun. 2008. ISBN 978-4-330-00608-6. 列車名鑑1995 (Train Name Directory 1995). Japan: Railway Journal. August 1995.
In November 2016, JR Hokkaido announced that it was unable to maintain most of its railway lines, with the length of unmaintainable sections exceeding 1,200 km. [3] [4] Deficit railway lines in Japan have largely been replaced by bus services or transferred to third sector companies, although some replacement bus lines have later been closed ...
Tōhoku Main Line (East Japan Railway Company) Tōhoku Shinkansen (East Japan Railway Company) Tōjō Line (Tobu Railway) Tōkadai Line (Tokadai New Transit) Closed; Tōkaidō Main Line (East Japan Railway Company, Central Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company) Tōkaidō Shinkansen (Central Japan Railway Company) Tōkō Line (Freight.
Kansai Kūkō Line (West Japan Railway Company) Kansai Main Line (Central Japan Railway Company, West Japan Railway Company) Karasuma Line (Kyoto Municipal Transportation Bureau) Karasuyama Line (East Japan Railway Company) Karatsu Line (Kyushu Railway Company) Kasamatsu Cable (Common name. Tango Kairiku Kotsu) Kashihara Line (Kintetsu Railway)
Japan’s sleek Shinkansen bullet trains zoomed onto the railway scene in the 1960s, shrinking travel times and inspiring a global revolution in high-speed rail travel that continues to this day.
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Map of Shinkansen lines except Hakata-Minami Line and Gala-Yuzawa Line. The Shinkansen, or "bullet trains", as they are known colloquially, are the high-speed rail trains that run across Japan. [8] The 2,387 km (1,485 mi) of 8 Shinkansen lines run on completely separate lines from their commuting train counterparts, with a few exceptions.